Google’s Pixel Watch Apparently Had An iPhone 4 Moment

The new Pixel Watch snafu reported by Android Central hasn’t involved any legal entanglements at this stage, but the person who found the Pixel Watch in the wild has decided to remain anonymous all the same. Like the iPhone 4, which was left in a bar by an Apple employee, the Pixel Watch was left in an unnamed restaurant in the U.S. (presumably by a Google employee). The design of the purported Pixel Watch aligns closely with leaked specifications and renders of the device that have previously surfaced. This tends to suggest that we are in fact looking at the real deal in the accompanying photos.

It features a very simplistic and elegant circular design with a crown that could work similarly to the Digital Crown in the Apple Watch, although that remains to be determined. It also features a couple of discreet buttons built into the casing that is very similar to other Wear OS watches we’ve seen in recent years. The Pixel Watch also appears to have interchangeable bands, as is the norm for smartwatches, although the design here seems to suggest the bands will be proprietary. The underside reveals what looks like standard heart rate tracking sensors — which is to be expected given it is also standard equipment in smartwatches these days. That said, a recent leak also suggests that Google will include Fitbit health tracking features with the Pixel Watch to really beef up its health monitoring credentials.